Laws & Regulations

"Renewable energy companies are shifting strategy under President Trump, emphasizing the economic benefits of low-carbon electricity."

"With its first wave of firings, the new Trump administration has decimated NOAA."

"A judge vastly reduced climate researcher Michael Mann’s award, sanctioned his lawyers for presenting false evidence and ordered him to pay $530,000."

"Donald Trump’s administration is being accused by activists of a quid pro quo as it attempts to fast-track a controversial fossil fuel pipeline proposal in Michigan that would in part be built by a donor with deep financial ties to the president."

"A regulatory board’s rejection of a permit for a large solar farm in southwestern Ohio has ​“essentially rewritten” state law to give local governments veto power over clean energy projects, an attorney for the project’s developer argued last week before the Ohio Supreme Court."

"Tariff threats. Growing uncertainty about the economy. And a push for much lower oil prices. For all of their bravado about U.S. energy dominance and enthusiasm for deregulation, American energy executives are beginning to worry about President Trump’s agenda."

"Nearly 200 groups urge Congress to reject fossil fuel industry immunity efforts, fearing long-term damage to climate lawsuits"

"Widespread sewage spills contaminate Britain’s waterways and hit the broader economy"

"The Trump administration touched off consternation and confusion over the weekend, issuing, and then apparently rolling back, an announcement implying the president had rescinded his predecessor’s order creating two popular national monuments in California."